WO1999064684A3 - Method and apparatus for suction anchor and mooring deployment and connection - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for suction anchor and mooring deployment and connection Download PDF

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WO1999064684A3
WO1999064684A3 PCT/US1999/006469 US9906469W WO9964684A3 WO 1999064684 A3 WO1999064684 A3 WO 1999064684A3 US 9906469 W US9906469 W US 9906469W WO 9964684 A3 WO9964684 A3 WO 9964684A3
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mooring
connection
anchor
deployment
suction
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PCT/US1999/006469
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Billy J Bergeron
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Delmar Systems Inc
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Priority to AU33636/99A priority Critical patent/AU743420B2/en
Priority to BR9910349-4A priority patent/BR9910349A/en
Priority to EP99915019A priority patent/EP1076738A4/en
Priority to CA002331176A priority patent/CA2331176C/en
Publication of WO1999064684A2 publication Critical patent/WO1999064684A2/en
Publication of WO1999064684A3 publication Critical patent/WO1999064684A3/en
Priority to NO20005579A priority patent/NO20005579L/en
Publication of WO1999064684A8 publication Critical patent/WO1999064684A8/en

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/24—Anchors
    • B63B21/26—Anchors securing to bed
    • B63B21/27—Anchors securing to bed by suction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/22—Handling or lashing of anchors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/50—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B2021/003—Mooring or anchoring equipment, not otherwise provided for
    • B63B2021/007—Remotely controlled subsea assistance tools, or related methods for handling of anchors or mooring lines, e.g. using remotely operated underwater vehicles for connecting mooring lines to anchors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/50—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers
    • B63B2021/505—Methods for installation or mooring of floating offshore platforms on site
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D2250/00—Production methods
    • E02D2250/0053—Production methods using suction or vacuum techniques
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D2250/00—Production methods
    • E02D2250/0061—Production methods for working underwater
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D5/00—Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering
    • E02D5/74—Means for anchoring structural elements or bulkheads
    • E02D5/80—Ground anchors

Abstract

A method for deployment of mooring systems for mobile offshore drilling units and for connecting the same to the mooring lines (76) thereof. An anchor handling vessel (10) having a stern roller (12), one or more suction anchors (70), a deployment connection (73) and a mooring connection (88). The anchor handling vessel has an anchor deployment mechanism incorporating a handling line having a quick-disconnect socket connector (74) for accomplishing movement of the suction anchor over the stern roller to the sea bottom. After deployment of the suction anchor, the handling line is disconnected from the connection and the anchor handling wire (78) is moved from the deployment connection to the mooring connection for mooring the suction anchor to the offshore drilling unit. A plurality of mooring strings are deployed in this matter to properly station the drilling unit.
PCT/US1999/006469 1998-05-06 1999-03-26 Method and apparatus for suction anchor and mooring deployment and connection WO1999064684A2 (en)

Priority Applications (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU33636/99A AU743420B2 (en) 1998-05-06 1999-03-26 Method and apparatus for suction anchor and mooring deployment and connection
BR9910349-4A BR9910349A (en) 1998-05-06 1999-03-26 Method for distributing mooring system and for connecting mooring lines of mooring system to mooring lines of floating marine structure, mooring method of floating marine structure, method for establishing an operable mooring line connection, mooring system operable by means of a floating object mooring rov to an anchor device situated on the ocean floor and mooring system for mooring floating marine structures.
EP99915019A EP1076738A4 (en) 1998-05-06 1999-03-26 Method and apparatus for suction anchor and mooring deployment and connection
CA002331176A CA2331176C (en) 1998-05-06 1999-03-26 Method and apparatus for suction anchor and mooring deployment and connection
NO20005579A NO20005579L (en) 1998-05-06 2000-11-03 Method and apparatus for a suction anchor

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US7341198A 1998-05-06 1998-05-06
US09/073,411 1998-05-06

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WO1999064684A3 true WO1999064684A3 (en) 2000-03-23
WO1999064684A8 WO1999064684A8 (en) 2001-03-08

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AU (1) AU743420B2 (en)
BR (1) BR9910349A (en)
CA (1) CA2331176C (en)
ID (1) ID27033A (en)
NO (1) NO20005579L (en)
OA (1) OA11691A (en)
WO (1) WO1999064684A2 (en)

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US5069580A (en) * 1990-09-25 1991-12-03 Fssl, Inc. Subsea payload installation system
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US3496900A (en) * 1968-05-23 1970-02-24 Texaco Inc Method for installing a deep water anchor
US3931782A (en) * 1974-09-26 1976-01-13 Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company Mooring method for deployment and retrieving of mooring lines
US4318641A (en) * 1978-12-04 1982-03-09 Shell Oil Company Method for securing a tubular element to the bottom of a body of water and apparatus for carrying out this method
US4575282A (en) * 1984-06-04 1986-03-11 Pardue Sr James H System for driving open end pipe piles on the ocean floor using pneumatic evacuation and existing hydrostatic pressure
US4724789A (en) * 1985-03-13 1988-02-16 Haak Rob Van Den Device for laying-out and breaking-out of the sea-bottom and weighing an anchor
US5069580A (en) * 1990-09-25 1991-12-03 Fssl, Inc. Subsea payload installation system
US5704307A (en) * 1996-03-13 1998-01-06 Aker Marine, Inc. Taut leg mooring system

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AU743420B2 (en) 2002-01-24
NO20005579L (en) 2001-01-04
NO20005579D0 (en) 2000-11-03
OA11691A (en) 2005-01-12
EP1076738A2 (en) 2001-02-21
BR9910349A (en) 2002-07-16
ID27033A (en) 2001-02-22
AU3363699A (en) 1999-12-30
CA2331176C (en) 2007-09-18
EP1076738A4 (en) 2003-08-27
WO1999064684A2 (en) 1999-12-16
WO1999064684A8 (en) 2001-03-08
CA2331176A1 (en) 1999-12-16

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